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US-9185368

Image processing device and image processing method

PublishedNovember 10, 2015
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Technical Abstract

Provided is an image processing device including a selection section configured to select, from a plurality of transform units with different sizes, a transform unit used for inverse orthogonal transformation of image data to be decoded, a generation section configured to generate, from a first quantization matrix corresponding to a transform unit for a first size, a second quantization matrix corresponding to a transform unit for a second size from a first quantization matrix corresponding to a transform unit for a first size, and an inverse quantization section configured to inversely quantize transform coefficient data for the image data using the second quantization matrix generated by the generation section when the selection section selects the transform unit for the second size.

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11 claims

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1. An image processing device comprising: circuitry configured to: quantize transform coefficient data for image data using a 16×16 quantization matrix to generate quantized transform coefficient data, the 16×16 quantization matrix set by performing a nearest neighboring process including duplicating at least one of two elements adjacent to each other in an 8×8 quantization matrix; and encode the quantized transform coefficient data.

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2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the 8×8 quantization matrix is a default quantization matrix.

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3. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to store the 8×8 quantization matrix.

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4. An image processing method comprising: quantizing, via circuitry of an image processing device, transform coefficient data for image data using a 16×16 quantization matrix to generate quantized transform coefficient data, the 16×16 quantization matrix set by performing a nearest neighboring process including duplicating at least one of two elements adjacent to each other in an 8×8 quantization matrix; and encoding the quantized transform coefficient data.

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5. The image processing method according to claim 4 , wherein the 8×8 quantization matrix is a default quantization matrix.

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6. The image processing method according to claim 4 , further comprising storing the 8×8 quantization matrix.

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7. The image processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to quantize transform coefficient data for image data using the 16×16 quantization matrix (QM1) set by performing the nearest neighboring process on the elements in the 8×8 quantization matrix (QM2): QM ⁢ ⁢ 1 = [ a 00 a 00 a 10 a 10 a 20 a 20 a 30 a 30 a 40 a 40 a 50 a 50 a 60 a 60 a 70 a 70 a 00 a 00 a 10 a 10 a 20 a 20 a 30 a 30 a 40 a 40 a 50 a 50 a 60 a 60 a 70 a 70 a 01 a 01 a 11 a 11 a 21 a 21 a 31 a 31 a 41 a 41 a 51 a 51 a 61 a 61 a 71 a 71 a 01 a 01 a 11 a 11 a 21 a 21 a 31 a 31 a 41 a 41 a 51 a 51 a 61 a 61 a 71 a 71 a 02 a 02 a 12 a 12 a 22 a 22 a 32 a 32 a 42 a 42 a 52 a 52 a 62 a 62 a 72 a 72 a 02 a 02 a 12 a 12 a 22 a 23 a 32 a 32 a 42 a 42 a 52 a 52 a 62 a 62 a 72 a 72 a 03 a 03 a 13 a 13 a 23 a 23 a 33 a 33 a 43 a 43 a 53 a 53 a 63 a 63 a 73 a 73 a 03 a 03 a 13 a 13 a 23 a 23 a 33 a 33 a 43 a 43 a 53 a 53 a 63 a 63 a 73 a 73 a 04 a 04 a 14 a 14 a 24 a 24 a 34 a 34 a 44 a 44 a 54 a 54 a 64 a 64 a 74 a 74 a 04 a 04 a 14 a 14 a 24 a 24 a 34 a 34 a 44 a 44 a 54 a 54 a 64 a 64 a 74 a 74 a 05 a 05 a 15 a 15 a 25 a 25 a 35 a 35 a 45 a 45 a 55 a 55 a 65 a 65 a 75 a 75 a 05 a 05 a 15 a 15 a 25 a 25 a 35 a 35 a 45 a 45 a 55 a 55 a 65 a 65 a 75 a 75 a 06 a 06 a 16 a 16 a 26 a 26 a 36 a 36 a 46 a 46 a 56 a 56 a 66 a 66 a 76 a 76 a 06 a 06 a 16 a 16 a 26 a 26 a 36 a 36 a 46 a 46 a 56 a 56 a 66 a 66 a 76 a 76 a 07 a 07 a 17 a 17 a 27 a 27 a 37 a 37 a 47 a 47 a 57 a 57 a 67 a 67 a 77 a 77 a 07 a 07 a 17 a 17 a 27 a 27 a 37 a 37 a 47 a 47 a 57 a 57 a 67 a 67 a 77 a 77 ] QM ⁢ ⁢ 2 = [ a 00 a 10 a 20 a 30 a 40 a 50 a 60 a 70 a 01 a 11 a 21 a 31 a 41 a 51 a 61 a 71 a 02 a 12 a 22 a 32 a 42 a 52 a 62 a 72 a 03 a 13 a 23 a 33 a 43 a 53 a 63 a 73 a 04 a 14 a 24 a 34 a 44 a 54 a 64 a 74 a 05 a 15 a 25 a 35 a 45 a 55 a 65 a 75 a 06 a 16 a 26 a 36 a 46 a 56 a 66 a 76 a 07 a 17 a 27 a 37 a 47 a 57 a 67 a 77 ] .

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8. The image processing device according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is configured to set the 16×16 quantization matrix.

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9. The image processing method according to claim 4 , wherein quantizing includes quantizing, via the circuitry, the transform coefficient data for the image data using the 16×16 quantization matrix (QM1) set by performing the nearest neighboring process on the elements in the 8×8 quantization matrix (QM2) to generate the quantized transform coefficient data: QM ⁢ ⁢ 1 = [ a 00 a 00 a 10 a 10 a 20 a 20 a 30 a 30 a 40 a 40 a 50 a 50 a 60 a 60 a 70 a 70 a 00 a 00 a 10 a 10 a 20 a 20 a 30 a 30 a 40 a 40 a 50 a 50 a 60 a 60 a 70 a 70 a 01 a 01 a 11 a 11 a 21 a 21 a 31 a 31 a 41 a 41 a 51 a 51 a 61 a 61 a 71 a 71 a 01 a 01 a 11 a 11 a 21 a 21 a 31 a 31 a 41 a 41 a 51 a 51 a 61 a 61 a 71 a 71 a 02 a 02 a 12 a 12 a 22 a 22 a 32 a 32 a 42 a 42 a 52 a 52 a 62 a 62 a 72 a 72 a 02 a 02 a 12 a 12 a 22 a 23 a 32 a 32 a 42 a 42 a 52 a 52 a 62 a 62 a 72 a 72 a 03 a 03 a 13 a 13 a 23 a 23 a 33 a 33 a 43 a 43 a 53 a 53 a 63 a 63 a 73 a 73 a 03 a 03 a 13 a 13 a 23 a 23 a 33 a 33 a 43 a 43 a 53 a 53 a 63 a 63 a 73 a 73 a 04 a 04 a 14 a 14 a 24 a 24 a 34 a 34 a 44 a 44 a 54 a 54 a 64 a 64 a 74 a 74 a 04 a 04 a 14 a 14 a 24 a 24 a 34 a 34 a 44 a 44 a 54 a 54 a 64 a 64 a 74 a 74 a 05 a 05 a 15 a 15 a 25 a 25 a 35 a 35 a 45 a 45 a 55 a 55 a 65 a 65 a 75 a 75 a 05 a 05 a 15 a 15 a 25 a 25 a 35 a 35 a 45 a 45 a 55 a 55 a 65 a 65 a 75 a 75 a 06 a 06 a 16 a 16 a 26 a 26 a 36 a 36 a 46 a 46 a 56 a 56 a 66 a 66 a 76 a 76 a 06 a 06 a 16 a 16 a 26 a 26 a 36 a 36 a 46 a 46 a 56 a 56 a 66 a 66 a 76 a 76 a 07 a 07 a 17 a 17 a 27 a 27 a 37 a 37 a 47 a 47 a 57 a 57 a 67 a 67 a 77 a 77 a 07 a 07 a 17 a 17 a 27 a 27 a 37 a 37 a 47 a 47 a 57 a 57 a 67 a 67 a 77 a 77 ] QM ⁢ ⁢ 2 = [ a 00 a 10 a 20 a 30 a 40 a 50 a 60 a 70 a 01 a 11 a 21 a 31 a 41 a 51 a 61 a 71 a 02 a 12 a 22 a 32 a 42 a 52 a 62 a 72 a 03 a 13 a 23 a 33 a 43 a 53 a 63 a 73 a 04 a 14 a 24 a 34 a 44 a 54 a 64 a 74 a 05 a 15 a 25 a 35 a 45 a 55 a 65 a 75 a 06 a 16 a 26 a 36 a 46 a 56 a 66 a 76 a 07 a 17 a 27 a 37 a 47 a 57 a 67 a 77 ] .

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10. The image processing method according to claim 9 , further comprising setting, via the circuity, the 16×16 quantization matrix.

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11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which when execute cause a computer to perform a method, the method comprising: quantizing transform coefficient data for image data using a 16×16 quantization matrix to generate quantized transform coefficient data, the 16×16 quantization matrix set by performing a nearest neighboring process including duplicating at least one of two elements adjacent to each other in an 8×8 quantization matrix; and encoding the quantized transform coefficient data.

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September 2, 2014

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November 10, 2015

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